Automatic telegraphy.



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AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY.

Specicatin o! Letters Patent.'

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

l. iplicaaon med incantig 15, 189s. serial No. 615,796.

.To all when: it muy concern.:

Be it known that I, PATRICK Braam-.nn Dizmxr, a. citizen ol' the linited States, residing at South Orange, in the count;v of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certaip new and useful improvements in Automatic 'l`elcgrraph}`, of which the follownig;r is a specitication. A

This invention relates to automatic or ma chine telegraphy employing a perforated tape at the sendingr end and a recordinpr device at the receiving end. In previous patents, I hare shown a transmitting tape with two rows of holes, one l'or dots and the other representing dashes, one row sending,r impulses fron: the positive; the other from the. negative. pole of the. battery. l have also shown and described apparatus for preparing and trans initting from this tape, and the method of receiving the signals on chemically prepared tape, the dots in a single line and the dashes in duplicate lines7 all of which :ay he readily understood by reference to my patents. l have also sho n a method of discharging the line to earth al" ter each impulse. This is accomplished h v the employment in a local circuit controlled h r the automatic transmitter.l ol electro-magnet-ic transmitters l ich by operation ol' their armature levers mnnec` the line to earth alter each impulse in a manner well understood. This plan works VerfP r ell on cables or other dillicult. circuits admittinrgr ol co1nparatively slow signaling, but for rapid working over land lines the electro-n'nxgnetic transmitters ould he too slow. In order therefore to discharge the line :it ter each signal, uilhoul the use ol' electro-tragnetic or mechanical movements, l have invented an arrangement ol' perlorations which renders this entirely pmctn'ahlc at the highestspeed lol' transmission over an)l circuit. The transmitting tape employed has three rous of perl'orations, one lor transmitting` dots, one lor dashes, and a third for groundin;r the line havin;r as man v perforations in it as there are perforations in both theother t'oo s. Y

The transmit-ter has three brushes on euch side ofthe tape, the central pair being locat'i in the trat-l: ofthe middle row of perfor-ations :indadjusted so that their ends are a disparu-u equal to one perforation behind the" others. While :in vim )ulse ol either polarity is'heing` seni from a signaling pert'orationlthc middle brushes are separated h v the tape and only leonie into contact through a. perforation in i the middle rowwhen either of Athe signaling contacts has'passed over a perforation. 'lhe three n pper hrushes are electrically connected to the line and the middle bmsh ofthe lower set to earth. The lincis therefore put to earth after each signal impulse for a period (t he holes and spaces being ol' the same size) equal to the duration of contact between'the line and the battery. By thus discharging the line a rapid rate of transmission is permissihle. circuit of the third 'iair of contacts in the manner hereinafter described the receiving station may stop the sending .instrument or signal for its stoppage. This may be accomplished by sim v opening the line at the. receivingI end. lhis is un important function, without which as heretofore in case ol' accident or any mishap at the receiving* end, there was no n ay to stop` the sender u ntilthe entire tape had heen run through' ille trails- :Hittingr instrument. Now it is possible t sto; the transmitter instantly. coils during transmission are traversed by the discharge currents cominpr l'ronrthe line. If, howeverl the relay be so adjuf 'ed that its armature will not respond to these discharge currents, or is adjusted ahove them, the mere opening of the line at. the receiving end will passingr through the relay sullcient ly to actu- `ate its ari|1atur., and through the local circuits a-nd parts under its control, stop the transmitter.

l am aware that it has heen common to discharge circuits at the transmitting; en`d hy use of'leaks to earth. :ind that elect ro-lnagnets have heen used in derived or lshunt circuits for the purpose of followingl up each signalin;r impulse with a current ol' opposite polarity created hy the sell induction of the electro-magnet. A relay used in this way could he made to instrument in the manner described ns well, hut it. will he ohvious that a large portion of the signaling: current would he wasted by such an :i rrnngement and the signals depleted at the receiving end, while with the middle contact plan there is no loss ol' workin',y cnrrent, simply u utilization of the discharge current ns it is heinpY rendered harmless to Vtraniunission. 'llic rela)Y in this discharge circuit amy hcslnunet-l tothe proper limit so as to facilitate discharge of the line In The relai* increase the amount of the dise'lcarge'current control the transmitting By the insertion ol' a relay in thechemical telegraphy the ivell known method coating is sullicient to prevent rustinnr its of cutting oil' the tailing ol' signals by the self induction ol electro-magnets placed in a shunt circuit around the receiver may-be dis enscd with, or the shunt circuit madev so iigh in resistance as to divert but coi'iparai tively little current from the recon 1er, so that the signals will be unimpeded and practically uniinpaired owing to the discharge of the line at. the transzziitting end.

Another feature of my invention c .insists of a device for winding on a spot l the tape as it comes iront the instrument at the receiving end ot the line, so that it may be. handled uiclil and with facility. For this pur ose employ a. spool having pins projecting on- .gitudinally `with the tube part which slips over a spindle frictionally carried by the inc-- tor which draws the tape from the supply roll. The friction is so regulated that the tension putupon the tape by the stoppage of the receiver or by the. increasing diameter of the roll will not break it. rihe use ol' this winding device requires that the transmittingl tape be put through last end first, which, in"

asmnch as this tape is also wound on a reel as it comes from the pcrlorator, is a convenience rather than an obstacle.

Ina previous ap ilication tiled by me April 21, 1896, patente( January 19, 1897, No. 575,419, I have shown and described a way of stoppin(r the tape at the receiving station immediately upon the completion of transmission. This stoppage to be permanent required the operator to immediately raise the lever carrying the feed roller into its locking position. .ln this application l show and describe means for automatically throwing the lever to its locking position, and 'also for again releasing it so that it will be automatically thrown down and drav. the ta ie as soon as transi'nission begins. This is edected by the saine rela)v which operates the stoppin!T local magnet and the reel bralieniagnet, and is under control of the operator managing the transmitting machine. This'inszires simultaneous starting of the receiving? and transmitting instruments, prevents .lalse starts or waste of time and tape, and in conjunction with the automatic sto page ot the receiver renders the control of t ie circuit as complete and instantaneous as in the Morse system.

Another feature of my invention consists of coating the iron wires of the chemical recordel' so as to prevent rusting. I have discovered that the rust or oxid is not as sensi tive to the electrolytic action as the pure metal and that ittends to blur the sivnals and vscrape the tape. To overcome tliis I treat the wires to a very thin eoating'of copper or silver or other-non-oxidizable metal, preferably silver-such as: might produced y a few seconds immersionina solution of sulfatetof copper or silver, so that while the structural strength is not suilicient to interfere with the even wear of the wire itself. This also prevents unnecessary spreading of the characters by reason of the ends of the wires being more or less embedded in 'thetape, and produces clearer and cleaner cutsignals. Such a coatiinY not onlY protects theivire fingers from tie atmosphere, but also from the action of the chemical solution with which the receiving 'tape is saturated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a diagramma! ic view ot' the transmitter; Fig. 2, a similar view of the receiver; Fig. 3, a detail longitudinal section through the reel upon which the receiving tape is wound as it leaves the. recording lingers; Fig. 4, a view of a length of the transmitting tape, and F ig. 5, a view of one of the receiver recording lingers. The transmitting instrument is shown in Fig. 1. The-maindine L, at the transmitter is connected to a switch G which in the position shown directs` the main line circuit through a set of Morse instruments and a transmitting battery to earth. There is a similar set of Morse instruments at the receiver end thaty may in like manner be connected with the main line so that the circuit is available for Morse transmission ivhen so connected. when the switch G is throvm to the lei t against contact g, the circuit throuv'h the Morse instruments is o cned and t e main line circuit is directe( to theI up r brushes G of the transmitter. These brus ies are electrically connected as indicated and are mounted in a pivoted block of insulating material operated as hereinafter described. (Jl course a single broad brush would be the obvious equivalent of the brushes shown. prefer to use separate brushes a.' then'.Y roduce less friction. A corres )ending set 2 of individualy insulated brus ies is arranged opposite and beneath the set G and below t ie trough or guide-way ll over or through vihich the perforated transmitting tape is drawn. Of the lower brushes, that marked g is comiected with the positive' pole of the main battery M B whose, center is connected to earth. The middle brush y* is connected to an adjustable contact stop g3 against which an insulated yielding iingerrg on the end of the armature lever I of a magnet I rests when the lever is drawn against its back stop by its retract-ile sprinv. The insulated is a slot h immediatelvbencath one end of a pivoted. lever I1. `rlibere is also a. slot or. o ning li in aY trough within-which and below t e faceof 'the bottom of the trough the 13o head of a lzey lever H2, connected with the. negativevpole of the. main battery and adapted to be depressed against a contact sto h: that is connected to one (if) of a pair o insulated parallel contact plates It? h* normally out of contact, and the latter one of which is connected with the main line. Relay K closes at its front stop the circuit of a local battery L B', which includes the coils of a magnet L, whose armature lever L is formed witl` spending shoulder m pro'ecting from an endwise reci rocatin bar MJ, having a s ring mf that tent s norma ly to draw it in a irection away i' rom the armature lever L. The switch lever G, in theconstmction shown, is

also the lever for operating the endwise Inov-- ing rod M which has a pin engaging a slotin the lever.

in Fig. vl the automatic transmitter is shown disconnected from the main line and the bar M has been drawn to the right by its retractile spring m. Assuming now that a message is to beaut-Jmsticaily transmitted `from a perforated tape, forinstance, a tape perforated in the mannerA indicated in Fig. 4 or otherwise. The unperforated end ol the tape is passed through the trough Il under the lever H', between the opposed'brushes Gf, (il2 and between the feed rolls N and ii. ln this instrument the lower feed roll N may be constantly ruiming, being driven by a suitable motor as for instance an electric motor, and the up )er or pressure feed roll N is thrown upwardlly bv a pivoted lever N2, a projection upon whic acting upon the end of the pivoted lever carrying the roll A.\" holds the'roll up against the tension of its siring n. This lever N2 is slotted and thc slotis engaged by a pin on the horizontal movable bar M and the upper end of the lever in the position shown is adjacent to the lower one of the pair of parallel contact )lates l1 z. The paper tape having been inserted as described the lever G is thrown to the left so as to come against the. contact g, thus disconnect-ing the Morse instruments and throwing the automatic transmitter into circuit. The etlect of this movement is to throw the bar M to the left against the tension of its retractile. spring and the shoulder m'thereon engages the corresponding shoulderon the armature lever L thus holding the bar M in its new position.

bar are as olloWs:-A pin on the bar leaves` the upper arm of the lever ll' and` permits the spring attached to this lever to draw its lower arm down against the face of the paper t-ape,-which holds it against further descent -this device is for the purpose of preventing the short-circuiting of the maink battery after the transmitting tape has been completelv i a shoulder adapted to engage a corre! The results following this movement of the horizontal f chemical Y receiver through thc machine, and the operation will 5 be 'presently described, though it. is not claimed herein, as it has already been claimed in my latent Noi 575,415). Ali the. same time the pin on the bar M leaves :he tooth or projection of the pivotcd block in which the upper contact lingers are mounted, and the block is drawn down by its spring so that the upper fingers press :gainst the paper tape with such tension that they will respectively malte contact througlr the perforations in the tape witlrfhe corresponding fingers of the lower set. At the same time the lever N2 is swung to the righi'. thus liberating the upper pressure feed roll N', which is then thrown down b its spring with a yielding pressure upon t ie tape lying on the face of the continuously ruiming roll N, and the automatic traverse 0f the transmitting tape through the machine. will be commenced. At' the same time, however, the upper end oi' the lever N2 has come aga-inst. and passed beyond the lower '.ontact plate It and in this movement has forced such contact plate upwardly against upper plato if* and established a circuit from the main line through thc plates :4 lr* to the anvil la? of the nunmal key H2. The operator at the time of effecting these movements will have depressed the key ll'l with his linger andconseqnently the main line. circuit is completed through the lrcyto the negative pole of the mam battery and thence to earth, and a cur-l rent. from this pole of the .battery is for a brief interval sent into the line. This irnpulse so sent is used to automatically start thc receiver. The central transmitting brushes ofthe upper and lower set are longer than the other brushes, beyond the ends of which they extend. `When the bruslrgmakes contact with its corresponding brush a positive signaling current is sent to line, and when thc brush g" makes contact with its corresponding brush a. negative signaling current is sent to linc, and the signals so transmitted are recorded in any suitable manner at the receiving end of the line, a

being shown. Immediately after each signaiiug impulse, whether negative or positive, has been sent into the line and before. the next signaling perforations have come under the signal transmitting lingers the center perforation in the tape will come between the central elongated brushes and the line will thus, momcntaril after each signaling impulse. be put to earthy, the circuit being from the center brush of the. upper set to the center brush of the lower set, thence to the contact g3, insulated contact finger q carried bv the armatnre lever I, and thence through the coil ol' the relav K,

and the rheostat in shunt with it to earth. 'lhis operation is one. ol' the leading features of m v invention and the organization permits the grounding of the discharge thereof, after cach impulse irresIxctive of the speed at. which the transmit ros line to permit he y ment.

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ting tape may be passed through the instru- In this simple wa I attain this respecial instruments which however i believe would be found to be incflicient furthe purpose at high speeds ol' transmission.

It. is obvious that the pcrforations in the tape may be placed further apart and the center perforation through which the line is grounded` be formed in rear of each signaling perforation, in which event the ends-of the three lingers in each group of transmitting fingers might be arrangedjn the same transverse line, but I consider that such an arrangement is not so desirable as that shown and described, among other reasons, because the length of tape required for the punchingof a given message thereon would be very materially and unnecessarily increased.

Another feature of .my invention is the stoppage of the transmitter at the will of the receiving operator, which might be desirable in the event of any difficulty of or obstruction to the proper reception of the matter being transmitted. .This feature in theoperation of machine telegraphy, I believe to be broadly new. In the accompanying drawings I show a special way of edectin f it in which l utilize the relay 1i through which the line is grounded, after each signaling iinpulse has been sent into it. The rlieostat li' in the shunt around this relay may be adjusted and the retractile spring of the relay armature also so adjusted that under the normal and proper working of the system the current discharged iroin the line each time that it is grounded between the signaling impulses will not s'uiliciently energize the relay to cause the attraction of its armature, but so that the arma-ture will be attracted `upon an increase. of strength of the current one end over the current that would he discharged if the line were grounded at both ends, und I have, demonstrated that I can obtain such increase of current as to allow a proper margin for the operation of the relay K inerely'by opening the line at the re.- ceiving station. When therefore the receiving operator desires to stop the transmitting instrument and has caused, as described, an increase in the strength of the current traversing the coils of the relay K, the armature lever of the latter passes to itsv front stop, com leting local battery L B through magnet which attracts its armature and disengages the shoulder thereon from catch m on bar M, which is retracted by its spring, and the parts of the instrunient pass into the position indicated m the drawing. and the two operatois may then f lower arm of the lever H falls through the ,slot in the channel H and its upper end l comes against a contact H3 thus com loting l the circuit of the'local battery L B2 t irongii g coils of magnet I', which attracting its armal ture opens the circuit between its armature l lever and its back stop I2 and prevents short contacts, lower brush 9, upper brushes G' Thereceiver is shown in Fig. 2. The main closed upon the contact that is connected through a set of Morse instruments and hat; -tery to earth. When closed u ion another Contact as indicated in the rawing, the main line circuit extends to the finger or ngers for )reducing either the. dot or dash record, while the other finger insulated from the first named is connected to earth. In the drawing, I have. shown three fingers, two of which are electrically connected and between them a third which is the insulated finger ,connected to earth. The arrangementshown l is one for chemical reception and is that set forth in niyUnited' States Patent No. 541,967, dated July 2d, 1895. The chemically prepared receiving tape P is shown as passing rom a suitable ree over a druni P that may be constantly rotated by a suitable motor, and the chemical reception oi' the transmitted message eiiected according to the well plctes a branch circuit from the main line g through a polarized relay i R to earth and purposes of adjustment, as is well understood. For the saine iurpose I place a rheostat in shuntaround the polarized relay. The armature lever ofthe polarized relay is maintained neutrali' or midway between two Contact stops p p1, and does not respond to the normal si i ing currents, but does p respond to s ecia currents as hereinafter described. A ocal battery L Ba has one ole connected with the armature lever p an the connection from the opposite pole is branched, one branch passing through the coils of a magnet Q, and thence to the stop p of the iolarized relayand the other branch through the coil of a magnet R, and themag- "line L runs to a. switch O that may occupy either of two positions. In one position it is cir-cutting ofthe main battery through these nd brush g'.` Contacts ci are also sepa- ,Y

known method. The switch VO also comi this circuit may include a rhcostat lti for net U and thence to the contact Stopp of the polarized relay. 'lhe receiver coi'itaius a merakie har or device S that :i retractilc spring normallytends to orge. to the left as viewed 1n the drawing, and carries upon its end a. latch or catch s that is engaged h r a similar catch on the armature lever of the magnet Q when such lever is retracted. The signal recording fingers are mounted in a pivoted. insulated block S having an arm to which Aa. spring is connected that tends normally to rock the block S', and throw the receiving lingers down upon the tape. When, however, the barY S is-held h v the lat-ch s against the strain of its spring (which is the position shown in the drawing) a pin s on the ar acts upon the block S to throw the lingers up out of contact with the tape. 'the pressure roller S is carried upon a pivoted ever S3 that is provided with. a spring tending normally to throw the roller down upon the tape, hut is prevented hy piu s3 on har S.

In this condition of the a i aratus the. receiver is ready to he started hv the operator at the transmitting end of the line. ihen, therefore, iu starting the transmitter an' iin- -pulse ol' current is thrown upon the liuc in any suitable manner, as for instance bv the, depression of the kc) Il and the estahlishment of electricalcontact between l1 z, this impulse of current which is of )ropcr polarity energizes the, polarized rela)y i the movement of its armature lever to the Contact stop p2, thus closing the circuit. of local batteryY l1 B3 through the coils of magr net Q which attracts its armature, releasing the catch s and permitting the throw of har S to the left. Pressure roller Si descends upon the tape and roller ll being caused to rc volvo, the tape is drawn forward under the recording fingers, which are by the saine movement thrown down upon it.. The, tape. with the, transmitted message recorded thereupon may be wound upon a suitable receiving reel V, as presently described. At any time during the transmission of a message, the receiving operator may if he desires arrest the. transmitting instrument and as before stated one wa in. which this may he accomplished would e to move. the .switch lever O into a central position between its two contacts, thus breaking the main line circuit und by so doing augmenting the discharge of current through the relay K, F ig. 1, and effecting arrest of the transmitting instrument.

V'hen the transmitting tape has passedV from under the end of the. lover H and from between the brushes G', G2, that lever drops as described and prevents short circuiting of .the main lutttery.v At the salue time there is sent into the line a prolonged impulse of current that energizes the poiarized relay P R and is of such polarity as to cause the passageof its armature lever from its centrai orfnentral position to t thus completing the'circuit ofY the local batll and causes e contact p',

tory l, Il through the coils of the umgnct li, causing il lo attract ils armature lever 1' which striking the end of liuhar 5 moves it to the right and causes the latch s thereon to engage with the catch on the aruoxturc lever of thc'mngnel Q. A.' the :same time the hrake muguet l', which is in the samilocal circuit. with the magnet lt is energized. attracts its armature lover, and the hrakc i" applied io the tape delivery rcs-l lf". 'l`lureceiving operator ma); now more the .switch O so as to throw thi` Moi-seins: ruowuts .into circuit i' he so desires, and communicate with the thrusxuitting operator. and the rccciviug instrument is iu condition to he started automatically from the transmitter to ellect. the record of another message. Vhcn the tape has run out oi the transmitter the operator should move switch lever (ir to connect his Morse instruments into the. circuit, as also -should the receiving'operator when his instrument is arrested. 'On the shalt. of the drum l" is a pulley P2 which i-s helted to a pulley lJ3 ou the shaft 1"* which carries the receiving reel Y, There is fric tionalhY attached to this shalt hy any suit ahle means, many devices 'or that purpose -hciug well-known, a. ratchet wheel P having a sleeve l that may euihrace the shaft. The rcel V is indicated in Fig. l and is shown in detail in Fig. 3. lt is shown as cons ling of a. head from which there extends a'siall)Y a slcc-vc V adapted to he 'slipped over tin sleeve. P" and he held frictoni'dlf thereon.

From the head Y a series of paral el arms cr rods "n, four hcing shown, extend iu the sumo direction as the center sleeve V', and are locntcd at a suitable distance diumctrically from the sleeve. The receiving tape as it position' to lock the ratchet hy the stress of.

its spring wr. When, however, the receiver is thrown into action, a pin in ou theI pressure Y roller lever S3, acting on the. ond of the lever \V discngages its opposite end from the ratchetwheel. 'hen the receiver is ont of 'action as indicated in Fig. .2, the shaft l" may he. continuously driven hy the -helt from the palle)r P2, hut the ratchet wheel frictionally connected with the shaft Sand the receiving reel frictionally connected with the sleeve of the ratchet wheel will remain at rest. The end of thc tape P may, as shown, hang down between two of the pins r of the receiving reel. When the receiver is thrown into actionlhe ratchet wheel is unlocked and the' receiving reel commences torevolve and winds the tape thereupon as it passes l' rom the drum P'. rEhe. frictionnl .connection of the receiver roel with the. parts driving it is such as not to break the paper, and the speed of rotation of the reel is such as to keep the paper tape smooth and taut.

llfig. 5 illustrates one of the iron wiresor recording fingers of the chemical recorder, being for cles' tess of illustration shown on an enlarged scale.v The wire is covered with a very thin coating of non-oxidizable mate-- rial, preferably a. metal such as cop er or silver. This coating is marked 3 an( the centralpart or body of the linger, which is of iron, is'niarked 4. I have stated the purpose andutility of this coating of the. iron inger with anon'oxidixahle material, and further description is unnecessary.

l claim as my invention: y

1. ln an automatic telegraph transmitter, the combination of signal transmitting devices adapted to send currents corresponding with perlorations in the tape, line grounding devices, a. circuit connection therefrom to earth through which the line is grounded correspondingly with other perioratioiis in the ta e immediately after cach signaling iinpu se, an electro-magnet in said ground tircuit connection, the electro-magnet bcing adjusted so snot to respond to the discharge I current that normally passes to earth, but to 'Q he actuated hv an augmentation in the strength of such current, a. local circuit. controlled by said electro-magnet, an electromagnet included in said local circuit, and l incansor arresting the iassage ot the transg niittirig tape through the instrument when i the lastv named magnet. is energized.

2. In an automatic telegraph transmitter, the. combination of signal transmitting' tievices adapted to send currents corresponding with perforations in the tape, line grounding i devices, a circuit connection therefrom tof earth through which the line is grounded correspondingly with other pcrloi-ations in the tape iiiiiiiediateljf after each signaling; impulse, an electro-magnet iii said ground l circuit connection, ihc electro-magnetbcing adjusted so as not. to respond to the dis-g charge current that normally passes to f earth, hut to he actuated by an augmenta 3 tion in the strength ot such current, :i local circuit controlled h v said electro-incgnet, an electio-iiingnct included iii said local ciri cuit, iin-ans lor arresting the traverse of the transmitting tape through the instrument, disconnecting the traiisiiiilter from the line i and completing the circuit of the line through i Morse instruments when the last named inagnet is energized.

3. In an automatic telegraph system, a transmitter having grounding devices, a ciri cuit connection to earth to ground the i main line circuit at intervals, an electroinagnet in said ground connection adjusted so as not to respond to the normal current discharges toearth. but so as to respond to i i i i l l l l i l i i l l i i i i and electro-inagnetic devices controlled b v said magnet for automatically suspending the automatic transmission when a current discharge ot increased strength actuutes said electro-magnet.

'4. ln an automatic. telegraph system, the coiiihiiiation of a. main line, a perforated tape having three parallel rowsof peri-nations two brush or linger transmitting devices for trailsinittiiig signaling currents overthe main line through two of said rows of perforatioiis, brush or contact linger devices connecting the line to earth through the third row of pei'- ioration's, an electro-magnet, its electrically divided armature lever, contacts against which the parts of the armature work, circuit connections whereinY thc circuit of one of the current transmitting 'liigers or brushes and the circuit of the grounding brush devices are completed through the lectricall5P :li-

vided armaturel lever,` a local circuit iiichitf ing said electro-inagnet, and means for completing such local circuit when the perforated transmitting tape has ccmplcted its traverse through the transinittci, whereby said coiit-act brush circuits are opened and short-circuitiiig prevented. l

5. The combination of a. chemical receiver, a tape automatic transmitter of currents ot reverse polarity and a. main line connecting j them, electroanagnetic transmitter arresting devices and means located at the receiver whereby the receiving operator may at will actuate said electro-magnetic 'devices to ar ator said devices ma)v be actuated to ell'ect the simultaneous starting ot' the receiver and the transmitter, electro-magnetic transmitter arresting devices and means located at the receiver whereb)V the receiver operator may at will ac tuate the transmitter arresting de vices to stop the trans-initier.

T. ln :in atitoiiiatic telegraph system, the

combination of a .main line, a receiving iiistrunient and a tape aiitoiinitic transmitting instrument. connected therewith, means whereby the receiving instrument is automatically started at t-hl time ot the start of the transmitting iiistriiii'iciit by aii im pulse of current sent oifr the line, means wherein.' the action of thc transmitting iiistruiiient may be arrested at. the will of the.

receiving operator, and means whereby the rei'ieiving instrument is iiiitoiiiaticully zirrested hen the transmitting tape has completed its traverse through the transmitting instru-ment.

8. In an automatic telegraph system, the

vdischarges `to earth of increased strength, combination of :tin-ain line, transmitting and receiving instruments connected therewith, a polarized relay iii thecircuit at the receiving station, its neutrally maintained armature, this relay heing adjusted so as not to respond to the signaling impulses hut so as to respond to more prolonged impulses of current,

l electro-magnetic devices for automatically starting the receiver when a prolonged current of one polarity traverses the coils of the polarized relay, and electro-magnetic devices for automatically arresting the action of the receiver-when a prolonged current of reverse polarity traverses the coilsv of said relay.

9. In an automatic telegraph system, the combination of a main line, transmitting and Lreceiving instruments connected therewith, electro-magnetic devices in the main line in branch or shunt-circuit 'with the receiver at the receiving station, said devices being so adjusted as not to respond to the normal signaling currents, hut so as to respond to prolonged currents, means for sending from the transmitting station at the time of starting the transmitter a prolonged impulse of a given polarity to actuate said electro-niagnetic devices, local circuit electro-magnetic devices vthen controlled thereby for automatically throwing the receiver into operation, and means at the transmitting `instrument for sending a prolonged current of opposite polarity when the transmission of the message has heen coiiipletedto actuate said main line electro-magnetic devices in reverse direftion, and other local circ uit electro-niagnctic devices then controlled thereby automatically arresting the receiver.

10. In an automatic telegraph system, the comhination of a main line, transmitting and receiving instruments, a relay in the line circuit at the receiving station, means or sending from the transmitting station a current of suitable' character and polarity to actuate such relay'n one direction, a local circuit thereby completed and' including electromagnetic devices for automatically throwing A:the receiver into operation, means at the ltransmitting station for sending a current of reverse polarity to actuate the relay in the reverse direction, a local circuit that is then completed,l and electro-magnetic devices therein for automatically arresting the action of the receiver.

11. In an automatic telegraph receiver, thecomlnnatioirof the delivery reel, a driven shaft, a receiving reel removably fiictionally4 mounted thexaeon, recording devices located between the two reelsL means for automatically throwing the receiver, including the receiving reelfinto operation from the. transmitting station, means for autoniat-ically throwing the receiver out of operation from the transmitting station, :ind a detent for arresting the`rotation of the receiving reel when the receiver is thrown out of operation.

12. In an` automatic telegraph system, the co'inhination of a main line, a receiving instrumerit and a tape automatic transmitting instrument connected therewith, means whereby the receiving instrument is automatically started at the time of the start of the transmitting instrument hy an impulse of current sent over the line, and means controlled by the transmitting tape whereby the receiving instrument is automatically arrested when the transmitting Vtape has coinpleted its traverse through the transmitting instrument.

13. The combination with the parts of an automatic ehem-ical'receiver, of a signal recording iinger,coinposed of iron havinga thin coat-ing of non-oxidizahlc material thereupon.

14. The combination with the parts of an automatic*chemical telegraph receivencf a signal recording finger composed of corrosive metal having a thin coating of non-corrosive inet-ai thereon.

In testimony whereof, I have hercunio suhscribed my name.

PATRICK BERNARD DELN Y. 

